Boeing 737-800s have a total of five layers of windscreens, with an outer pane, three inner layers, and then an inner pane.
That’s a lot of pane
Just call safelite, so that they can send out a ‘technician’ who will inspect the windshield for over an hour and tell the airline that they found a microscopic pit which means it wasn’t a defect and they don’t have to cover the warranty on their cheap glass.
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Sorry, I was talking about something else.
I got a little out of control there.
What was the topic?
That is precisely why there are five layers.
Windows are a consumable item on aircraft. They can be replaced because they crack, get pitted up, and other damage.
And the vendor who used a “hotel key card and soap” to test compliance. What does that have to do with anything about a window crack?
It’s Shark Week, only with airplanes.
I’m beginning to suspect someone has preventive maintenance inspection program issues.
A LOT of these incidents seem to be happening in the Pacific NW, especially Portland
The incident with the door plug was out of Portland, and the same with the Hawaii flight that lost a window
Maybe the possibility of deliberate sabotage should now be considered ... Russia and China both have motive and means to hurt Boeing/the US, and Portland is sorta close to Asia ...
“just saying”
Not only were there were no injuries among the 159 passengers and six crew members, none of them even knew about it. Unlike engines in flames and missing door plugs.
Did someone in the media gain access to the FAA incident report system? Ton’s of these stories lately.
Planes, like cars, have things break.
And?
If it’s Boeing, I’m not going.
Airplanes have always been very complex machines. Being machines, they wear out and break...constantly. Like many, I think every incident is being made public and making aircraft ops look more dangerous than it is.
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